Road distance and drive time between any two of 10 Qatari towns — Doha, Al Khor, Al Wakrah, Al Ruwais, and more.
العربية (Arabic version) →Qatar doesn’t publish a public town-to-town distance chart, but Ashghal — the Public Works Authority responsible for the country’s roads — documents the length of its major road projects as it announces them. The clearest example: when Ashghal opened the Al Khor Coastal Road’s main carriageway in 2019, a year ahead of schedule, it documented the road at 33km end to end, connecting Doha to Al Khor in around 20 minutes. This tool uses that figure directly as its first verified route. A second verified figure, Doha to Al Ruwais at roughly 127km, comes from a Wikipedia-sourced description of Ar-Ruwais’s location relative to the capital.
That gives just 2 verified pairs — the thinnest verified set of any country in this tool so far — but Qatar’s small size makes that far less of a problem than it would be in a larger country. The entire country stretches under 200km end to end, and its road network is compact and mostly free-flowing multi-lane highways (Al Majd Road, the G-Ring Road, Salwa Road, and similar Ashghal-built expressways). At that scale, the Haversine-based GPS estimate this tool falls back on for every other route tends to sit fairly close to the real driving distance, since there’s little room for a road to wind dramatically off the direct line between two points.
The 10-town list itself covers Doha and the towns people actually drive to from it: Al Rayyan and Lusail in the immediate metro area, Al Wakrah and Mesaieed to the south (both major industrial and port towns), Al Khor and Al Ruwais to the north, and Dukhan and Al Shahaniya out toward the west coast’s oil and gas facilities. Given Qatar’s compact geography, this short list already covers essentially every meaningful inter-town drive in the country.
Qatar’s road network is modern and generally free-flowing, built out heavily ahead of the 2022 FIFA World Cup. The main friction points are urban rather than rural: Doha’s own traffic, particularly around the F-Ring and E-Ring roads and the Corniche during rush hour, can add real time to a trip whose open-road portion is short. Ongoing construction on newer expressway sections occasionally imposes temporary speed limits and lane closures. Outside Doha, the roads to Al Khor, Al Wakrah, and the western industrial towns are generally fast and well-maintained. As with any calculator, treat the figures here as a planning baseline and check current traffic conditions before travelling.
Reviewed by Evelyn John, Auto Sales Expert. Verified routes sourced from Ashghal’s official Al Khor Coastal Road documentation and a Wikipedia-sourced figure for Al Ruwais. All other routes are Haversine-based estimates — see FAQ below.
All 9 other towns in this tool, closest to farthest from Doha.
| # | Town | Region/State | Road km |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Al Rayyan | Al Rayyan Municipality | 13 km |
| 2 | Al Wakrah | Al Wakrah Municipality | 18 km |
| 3 | Lusail | Doha Municipality | 19 km |
| 4 | Umm Salal | Umm Salal Municipality | 24 km |
| 5 | Al Khor | Al Khor Municipality | 33 km |
| 6 | Mesaieed | Al Wakrah Municipality | 41 km |
| 7 | Al Shahaniya | Al Shahaniya Municipality | 41 km |
| 8 | Dukhan | Al Shahaniya Municipality | 106 km |
| 9 | Al Ruwais | Al Shamal Municipality | 127 km |
About 33km via the Al Khor Coastal Road, an official Ashghal road project — around 20 minutes' drive.
No public matrix, but Ashghal documents road-project lengths as it builds them, used here directly for Doha-Al Khor.
Qatar is under 200km end to end, so 10 towns already covers essentially every meaningful inter-town drive.
Reasonably close — Qatar's small size and mostly direct road network mean GPS-based estimates track real driving distance more closely than in a larger country.
Yes — pick a vehicle type and current pump price (QAR/litre) above; it converts road distance directly into estimated litres and cost.